Runanchor
| Runanchor | ||
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| (Hydropoaceae stolonostus) | ||
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| 18/119, Volcanic Eruption | ||
| Information | ||
| Creator | Somarinoa Other | |
| Week/Generation | 9/59 | |
| Habitat | Ichthy River | |
| Size | 1.4 m Tall | |
| Primary Mobility | Sessile | |
| Support | Unknown | |
| Diet | Photosynthesis | |
| Respiration | Passive (Stomata) | |
| Thermoregulation | Ectotherm | |
| Reproduction | Sexual (round berry with seeds) Asexual (formation of sprouts in the stolon) | |
| Taxonomy | ||
| Domain Kingdom Subkingdom Division Class Order Family Genus Species | Eukaryota Phoenoplastida Phoenophyta (info) Rhagioanthia Phoenopoopsida Phoenopoales Textudopoaceae Hydropoaceae Hydropoaceae stolonostus | |
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The hermangrass has slowly crept into the waters of the Ichthy River, and has become the runanchor. Because of a lack of predators in these waters, the runanchor flourished and grew many times its original size.
Much of their form consists of a single, thick stalk which ends in the grass's large berry. Because of the heaviness of this object, the leaves have evolved into a wide lily pad-like shape to displace its weight and thereby keep afloat.
Rather than its ancestors' method of growing new gems on their leaves, the runanchor instead grows stolon, which end in a heavier gem than its predecessors. These "runners" are light enough to be significantly weighted down by the gems, forcing them into the riverbed. After about a week of physical contact with the bed, it takes root and begins to sprout another runanchor, still attached to the mother-plant. This can create small "forests" over time, much like Earth's alder trees or strawberries can do.
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